fix(reporter): remove broken --report-console reporter

The interactive console table reporter was broken and redundant with
--report-summary. Per maintainer feedback on #612, remove the flag,
implementation, and documentation references.

Fixes #612

Signed-off-by: syf2211 <syf2211@users.noreply.github.com>

Author: syf2211

docs/reporting.md

@@ -109,7 +109,6 @@ vet query --from ./scan-data \
 Run `vet scan -h` to see the complete list of reporters and options:
 
 - `--report-summary` - Console summary (default)
-- `--report-console` - Interactive table output
 - `--report-sarif` - SARIF format
 - `--report-json` - JSON format
 - `--report-markdown` - Detailed markdown

pkg/reporter/console.go

@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ var (
 	queryPolicyExpression               string
 	queryPolicySuiteFile                string
 	queryLoadDirectory                  string
-	queryEnableConsoleReport            bool
 	queryEnableSummaryReport            bool
 	querySummaryReportMaxAdvice         int
 	querySummaryReportGroupByDirectDeps bool
@@ -82,8 +81,6 @@ func newQueryCommand() *cobra.Command {
 		"Generated exceptions are valid till")
 	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&queryExceptionsFilter, "exceptions-filter", "", "",
 		"Generate exception records for packages matching filter")
-	cmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&queryEnableConsoleReport, "report-console", "", false,
-		"Minimal summary of package manifest")
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&queryEnableSummaryReport, "report-summary", "", false,
 		"Show an actionable summary based on scan data")
 	cmd.Flags().IntVarP(&querySummaryReportMaxAdvice, "report-summary-max-advice", "", 5,
@@ -230,15 +227,6 @@ func internalStartQuery() error {
 		analyzers = append(analyzers, task)
 	}
 
-	if queryEnableConsoleReport {
-		rp, err := reporter.NewConsoleReporter()
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-
-		reporters = append(reporters, rp)
-	}
-
 	if queryEnableSummaryReport {
 		rp, err := reporter.NewSummaryReporter(reporter.SummaryReporterConfig{
 			MaxAdvice:                    querySummaryReportMaxAdvice,

query.go

@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ var (
 	markdownReportPath               string
 	markdownSummaryReportPath        string
 	jsonReportPath                   string
-	consoleReport                    bool
 	summaryReport                    bool
 	summaryReportMaxAdvice           int
 	summaryReportGroupByDirectDeps   bool
@@ -203,8 +202,6 @@ func newScanCommand() *cobra.Command {
 		"Generate consolidated markdown report to file")
 	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&markdownSummaryReportPath, "report-markdown-summary", "", "",
 		"Generate consolidate summary in markdown")
-	cmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&consoleReport, "report-console", "", false,
-		"Print a report to the console")
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&summaryReport, "report-summary", "", true,
 		"Print a summary report with actionable advice")
 	cmd.Flags().IntVarP(&summaryReportMaxAdvice, "report-summary-max-advice", "", 5,
@@ -618,15 +615,6 @@ func internalStartScan() error {
 	}
 
 	reporters := []reporter.Reporter{}
-	if consoleReport {
-		rp, err := reporter.NewConsoleReporter()
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-
-		reporters = append(reporters, rp)
-	}
-
 	if summaryReport {
 		rp, err := reporter.NewSummaryReporter(reporter.SummaryReporterConfig{
 			MaxAdvice:                    summaryReportMaxAdvice,